Windows Server 2016 Administration Cookbook

How it works...

You can import new settings and configuration options into Group Policy by taking ADMX and ADML files and putting them into the proper folders on your domain controller server. What we walked through today is an example of how to accomplish this task on a single domain controller, but what happens if your environment has multiple domain controllers? Do you have to copy the files onto each server? No, that is not the proper way to go about it. In an environment where you have multiple domain controllers, the ADMX and ADML files instead need to go inside something called the Active Directory Central Store. Instead of copying the ADMX and ADML files into their locations on the C drive, open up File Explorer and browse to \<DOMAIN_NAME>SYSVOL<DOMAIN_NAME>PoliciesPolicyDefinitions ...